This book analyses whether the design of the institutions of Southern African Development Community (SADC) reflects the community’s treaty objectives and principles of democracy and the rule of law. The author provides a detailed analysis of the policy making and oversight institutions of SADC. Additionally, the project looks at institutional and legal frameworks of similar organisations (the East African Community, the Economic Community of West African States and the European Union) for comparative purposes. This work is written largely from a legal perspective, specifically international institutional law; however, it carries cross-disciplinary themes, including governance, and especially the subject of public policy making at the international level.

“I congratulate Mkhululi Nyathi for directing our attention to the internal operations of SADC as an area in which effort needs to be directed in terms of improving the democratic credentials of SADC. There is no gainsaying the importance a SADC whose internal operations are fully democratised.” (Mwiza Jo Nkhata, Associate Professor of Law, University of Malawi, Malawi)

“The author’s main arguments on sharing political space in the interests of a stronger SADC are clear and easy to follow.” (Kofi Kufuor, Professor of Law, University of East London, United Kingdom)

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